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List of parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

The ceremonial county of Shropshire, England (which comprises the local/unitary authorities of Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin), is divided into 5 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 4 county constituencies. As with all constituencies for the House of Commons in the modern age, each constituency elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system.

Constituencies

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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  Conservative †   Liberal Democrat ¤   Labour ‡

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
North Shropshire CC 77,573 15,311   Helen Morgan ¤   Simon Baynes †
 
Shrewsbury CC 76,599 11,355   Julia Buckley ‡ Daniel Kawczynski †
 
South Shropshire CC 76,723 1,624   Stuart Anderson †   Matthew Green ¤
 
Telford BC 73,808 8,102 Shaun Davies ‡ Alan Adams
(Reform UK)
 
The Wrekin CC 78,942 883 Mark Pritchard † Roh Yakobi ‡
 


Boundary changes

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2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name Boundaries 2010-2024 Current name Boundaries 2024-present
  1. Ludlow CC
  2. North Shropshire CC
  3. Shrewsbury and Atcham CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC
 
New parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
  1. North Shropshire CC
  2. Shrewsbury CC
  3. South Shropshire CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC
 

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to retain the current five constituencies in Shropshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries and to bring constituencies within the statutory range. Shrewsbury and Atcham reverted to its original name of Shrewsbury, while Ludlow was renamed South Shropshire.[1]

2010

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Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the 5 constituencies in Shropshire for the 2010 election, making only small changes to the boundary between Telford and The Wrekin to align with current local government wards.

Name Boundaries 1997-2010 Boundaries 2010-2024
  1. Ludlow CC
  2. North Shropshire CC
  3. Shrewsbury and Atcham CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC
 
Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
 
New parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[2]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Shropshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 66,943 27.5%  1.6% 2  2
Conservative 65,156 26.8%  33.5% 2  3
Liberal Democrats 55,257 22.7%  12.3% 1  1
Reform UK 44,412 18.2% new 5 0
Greens 10,680 4.4%  1.7% 0 0
Others 1,109 0.5%  0.2% 0 0
Total 243,557 100.0 5

2019

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Shropshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 155,225 60.3%  4.7% 5 0
Labour 66,798 25.9%  9.3% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 26,827 10.4%  4.6% 0 0
Greens 6,955 2.7%  0.6% 0 0
Others 1,713 0.7%  0.6% 0 0
Total 257,518 100.0 5

Percentage votes

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Election year 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974

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1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative1 54.7 57.3 59.3 55.6 47.9 49.3 52.4 43.1 43.0 49.6 49.0 48.2 46.3 37.2 39.1 41.8 46.8 48.3 55.6 60.3 26.8
Labour 41.2 42.7 40.7 36.2 34.1 42.7 36.0 31.1 33.2 29.1 21.3 25.4 30.7 39.7 38.2 30.8 21.6 24.4 35.2 25.9 27.5
Liberal Democrat2 4.1 - - 8.2 18.0 8.0 11.7 25.8 23.8 21.0 29.7 26.0 22.0 20.5 18.6 23.0 23.5 7.0 5.8 10.4 22.7
Green Party - - - - - - - - - - - * * * * * 0.8 4.0 2.1 2.7 4.4
UKIP - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * * 4.4 16.3 1.2 * -
Reform UK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18.2
Other - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.0 2.7 4.1 4.4 3.0 - 0.1 0.7 0.5

1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

21950-1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974

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1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative1 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 1 4 4 5 5 5 2
Labour 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
Liberal Democrat2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

21950-1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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1885-1910

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1918-1945

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1950-1979

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1983-present

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Historical constituencies

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See also: List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

Timeline of parliamentary constituencies in the county, with historical (green) and extant (pink) constituencies.

Constituency 1290-1295 1295-1473 1473-1584 1584-1832 1832-1885 1885-1918 1918-1983 1983-1997 1997–present
Bishop's Castle 1584-1832
Bridgnorth 1295-1885
Ludlow 1473–present
Newport 1885-1918
North Shropshire 1832-1885 1983–present
Oswestry 1885-1983
Shrewsbury 1290-1983
Shrewsbury and Atcham 1983–present
Shropshire 1290-1832
South Shropshire 1832-1885
Telford 1997–present
Wellington 1885-1918
(Much) Wenlock 1290-1885
The Wrekin 1918–present

Historical representation by party

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A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

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  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist   National Party

Constituency 1885 86 1886 1892 1895 1900 01 03 04 1906 08 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 12 13 17 18
Ludlow More → Hunt → → →
Newport Bickersteth → Kenyon-Slaney Stanier
Oswestry Leighton Ormsby-Gore Bright Bridgeman
Shrewsbury Watson Greene Hill Lloyd
Wellington (Salop) Brown → Henry

1918 to 1945

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  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Conservative   Labour   Liberal

Constituency 1918 20 20 22 1922 23 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 41
Ludlow Stanier I. Windsor-Clive G. Windsor-Clive
Oswestry Bridgeman Leighton
Shrewsbury Lloyd Ryder Sunlight Ryder Duckworth
The Wrekin Henry Palmer Townshend Button Nixon Oakley Picton-Turbervill Baldwin-Webb Colegate

1945 to 1983

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  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 60 61 1964 1966 1970 Feb 74 Oct 74 1979
Ludlow Corbett Holland-Martin More Cockeram
Oswestry Poole Ormsby-Gore Biffen
Shrewsbury Langford-Holt
The Wrekin Thomas Yates Fowler Trafford Fowler Hawksley

1983 to present

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  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 01 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 21 24 2024
Ludlow / South Shropshire (2024) Cockeram Gill Green Dunne Anderson
North Shropshire Biffen Paterson Morgan
Shrewsbury and Atcham / Shrewsbury (2024) Conway Marsden → Kawczynski Buckley
The Wrekin Hawksley Grocott Bradley Pritchard
Telford Grocott Wright Allan → Davies

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

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  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1258-1270. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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